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    "title": "Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 16, 2006",
    "url": "https://wavesofdevotion.com/2006/10/16/karttika-2006-japa-meditations-october-16-2006/",
    "datePublished": "2006-10-16",
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    "description": "Karttika 2006 Japa Meditations October 16, 2006 Govardhana An old scholar friend of mine unexpectedly showed up at my door. Even in my hidden kutir acquaintances still find me. It’s…",
    "author": "Dhanurdhara Swami",
    "publisher": "Waves of Devotion"
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```

# Karttika 2006: Japa Meditations – October 16, 2006

**Karttika 2006**

*Japa*

Meditations

October 16, 2006
Govardhana

An old scholar friend of mine unexpectedly showed up at my door. Even in my hidden

*kutir*

acquaintances still find me. It’s the second day in a row that someone just showed up. I welcome my guest, but it leaves little time after my chanting for writing my

*japa*

realizations. My very learned friend, however, filled my late morning with quality

*katha*

. I especially remember a quote from a

*Bhagavatam*

commentator about how to view adversity:

“When providence seems to be digging a hole to throw us in, it is actually planning to quench our thirst by drawing water from the ground.”